Photo: Kiyoteru Awaji · CC BY 4.0Above 96% of Canadian towns: 61% of residents said they have no religion
Against a figure of 11% across Canada’s towns, the share of residents who moved in within the year in Kamloops comes in at 14%. Households in single-detached houses are rarer here than in just over two thirds of Canadian towns. About 108,793 people lived locally in July 2025, Statistics Canada estimates. The census found that 9.9% of residents are immigrants locally.
A growing town: +8% since 2016, faster than 74% of Canadian towns
Figures are from the 2021 Census unless dated otherwise. The census counts of 2016 and 2021, the estimate after them, and the change set beside other towns.
Change, 2016 to 2021
By July 2025, the estimate had risen a further 11%. Across British Columbia’s towns the median is +6%, and across Canada’s towns +4%.
Kamloops: 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24, above 66% of Canadian towns
Residents by five-year age band, each beside the typical town (the tick).
Half of Kamloops’s residents are under 41.6, younger than in 53% of Canadian towns. Against that, 11% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across Canada’s towns. More residents are 25–29 than any other five-year age: 7.1% of residents. In Kamloops, a fifth of residents are 65 or over, beside 19% across Canada’s towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Kamloops, 41.6. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split.
Kamloops households average 2.4 people, smaller than in 53% of Canadian towns
Private households by type and size.
Against British Columbia’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
On the census count, 28% of households are one person living alone. Nothing unusual on one-parent families: 8.1%, close to the figure across Canada’s towns.
Common-law partners make up 12% in Kamloops, more than in 64% of Canadian towns
Married, common-law, single: residents 15 and over.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
44% of residents 15 and over are married; across Canada’s towns the figure is 46%. Across Canada’s towns, the share of common-law partners is 11%.
Kamloops: 2.1% of households live in a building of five or more storeys, above 65% of Canadian towns
Dwelling types, tenure and age of the housing. Prices, rents and shelter costs are on Cost of living.
Type of home
Owners and renters · share of households
When homes were built · share of homes
Renter households make up 30%, against 25% across Canada’s towns. Newer homes outnumber old: 24% date from 2001 or later, 11% from before 1961.
Before tax, the median household income is $88,000 a year
Census incomes are for 2020, the year before the census, when CERB and other pandemic benefits topped up many households. Total household income: the median household, and the spread from low to high.
Households by income · share of households
The median across Canada’s towns is $86,000, and Kamloops’s, at $88,000, is close to it. The median across British Columbia’s towns is $87,000. 25% of income recipients received COVID-19 emergency or recovery benefits (typical: 28%).
9.9% of residents are immigrants
Where immigrants were born and when they came, and how recently residents moved in.
Immigrants, by continent of birth · share of all residents; the bar runs to 20%
When immigrants arrived · share of immigrants
Citizenship and moving · share of residents
The largest groups of immigrants were born in Europe (42%) and in Asia (36%). Most recent wave: 25% of immigrants arrived in 2011–2021 (Canada’s towns: 27%).
11% of residents have an Indigenous identity, a share 87% of Canadian towns don’t reach
Visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion, as residents answered the census.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Across Canada’s towns, the share of visible minority residents is 15%; Kamloops has 11%. Against that, 2.8% of residents have an Indigenous identity across Canada’s towns. Other faiths: Sikh (2.1%).
English is the mother tongue of 88%, and 5.5% speak French as well
The official languages residents can speak, and the ones they learned first.
Can hold a conversation in · share of all residents
Mother tongue · share of all residents
The share of bilingual residents trails 69% of Canadian towns: 5.5%. At home: English 94%, French 0.2%. Few places have so few residents whose mother tongue is French: 0.9% here, fewer than in 77% of Canadian towns.
A lower share of degree holders aged 25 to 64 than 52% of Canadian towns, at 26%
From no certificate to a master’s: residents 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
No certificate, diploma or degree is held by 7%; in the typical town the share is 9.5%. By way of comparison, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
A job for 59% of residents aged 15 and over
Counted in May 2021, during COVID-19, these rates catch the job market before it had recovered. Work, briefly: employment, unemployment, participation and working from home. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
About as many work here as in the typical town: 59%, against 58% across Canada’s towns.
19th lowest median age among 41 towns of 79,371 to 149,527
The Canadian towns closest in population, from youngest to oldest.
Median ages climb from 34.4 (Fort McMurray) to 51.6 (Lindsay) across the group. In age, Kamloops keeps company with Kingston (41.2), Newmarket (41.6), St. John's (42) and Strathcona County (42.4).
Every nearby town is older than Kamloops
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each links to its own page. Distances here run 5–24 km: that is how far the nearest places with figures are from Kamloops.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kamloops | 108,793 | — | 41.6 | 20% | 9.9% |
| Kamloops 1 | 4,362 | 4.6 km | 55.6 | 29% | 8.7% |
| Electoral Area J (Copper Desert Country), Thompson-Nicola | 1,958 | 21.4 km | 50.8 | 23% | 6.2% |
| Electoral Area P (Rivers and the Peaks), Thompson-Nicola | 4,540 | 23.5 km | 50.4 | 24% | 7.5% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The census’s own words. “Visible minority” is the census’s term from the Employment Equity Act: people, other than Indigenous peoples, who are non-white in colour or race. Indigenous identity, immigrant status and religion are as residents answered. The page compares them with other towns and never labels a town by them.
- Against British Columbia’s towns and Canada’s towns. The middle of British Columbia’s towns of 2,500 or more comes first, the middle of all Canadian towns second; cities as a whole and First Nations reserves stay out, and percentiles are within Canada.
- What these tables don’t give. Unpaid care, car ownership and internet access aren’t in the Census Profile, nor is the change by age since 2016. Ethnic origins other than visible minority and Indigenous identity are left out of the charts.
Questions about Kamloops’s residents
Is Kamloops bilingual?
Both official languages are spoken by 5.5% of residents, against a typical 7.5% across Canada’s towns. 94% speak only English and 0% only French; 0.9% grew up with French.
How diverse is Kamloops?
Immigrants make up 9.9% of residents, against 17% across Canada’s towns. 11% are members of a visible minority, and 11% are First Nations, Métis or Inuit.
What religion are people in Kamloops?
Christian: 34%. No religion: 61%. Another religion: 5.9%.
Is Kamloops good for families?
Across Canada’s towns, a typical 16% of residents are under 15; here, 15%. 49% of households are couple families and 8.1% one-parent families. Schools near Kamloops are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Kamloops?
$88,000 before tax, in 2020: the middle household’s income in Kamloops (Canada’s towns: $86,000).
What is the population of Kamloops?
Statistics Canada estimates 108,793 residents for July 2025; the 2021 Census counted 97,902 in Kamloops, 8% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Kamloops?
41.6 is the median age, younger than 53% of Canadian towns. Under 15: 15%. 65 and over: 20%.
Sources: Statistics Canada, Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population · Statistics Canada, population estimates for 1 July 2025 (table 17-10-0155). Under the Statistics Canada Open Licence.
Adapted from Statistics Canada (Census of Population 2021, population estimates 2025, 2021 census boundaries) under the Statistics Canada Open Licence; this does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada. Neighbourhood names in some cities © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).